World Peace Council

The World Peace Council (WPC)was founded in 1950 that advocates Universal Disarmament,Sovereignty and Independence and Peaceful Co-existence and Campaigns against imperialism,Weapons of Mass Destruction and all forms of Discrimination.
WPC emerged from the policy of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union to promote peace campaigns around the world in order to oppose "warmongering" by the USA.
WPC was based in Helsinki,Finland from 1968 to 1999 and its headquarters are now in Greece.
WPC Assembly is the highest governing body which meets every 3 years.

Until the late 1980s, the World Peace Council's principal activity was the organization of large international Congresses, nearly all of which had over 2,000 delegates representing most of the countries of the world. Most of the delegates came from pro-Communist organizations, with some observers from non-aligned bodies.

Member Organizations

At March 2011 its members were -

• Belgium-International Action for Liberation (INTAL)
• Belgrade Forum for the world of equals
• Brazilian Center for Solidarity of the peoples and struggle for Peace (CEBRAPAZ)
• Canadian Peace Congress
• Consejo Español en Defensa de la Solidaridad y la Paz (CEDESPAZ)
• Cuban Movement for Peace and Sovereignty of the Peoples (MOVPAZ)
• Cyprus Peace Council
• Czech Peace Movement
• Finnish Peace Committee
• German Peace Council
• Greek Committee for International Detente and Peace (EEDYE)
• Japan Peace Committee
• Le mouvement de la paix de France
• Movement for Peace,Sovereignty and Solidarity between the Peoples(MOPASSOL-Argentine)
• Nepal Peace and Solidarity Council (NPSC)
• OSPAAAL Spain
• Peace Association of Turkey
• Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation
• Romanian Peace Council
• Swedish Peace Committee
• Swiss Peace Movement
• US Peace Council
• VREDE (Belgium)